United States DC Circuit

In a petition for review of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) revision of its method of calculating Medicare reimbursements, the petition is denied, where there was nothing unreasonable about HHS's determination that certain hospital cost items are not wages or wage-related.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/14/2009
• Decided 07/17/2009
• Published 07/17/2009

Judges

• Before:  HENDERSON, TATEL, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James F. Segroves argued the cause for appellants.   With him on the briefs was Malcolm J. Harkins III.


• For Appellees:
  
• Henry C. Whitaker, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, and Mark B. Stern, Attorney.  R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.